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CSU SYMPHONY ORCHEstRA ALL statE ORCHEstRA CONCERT Wes Kenney, Conductor Noelle Bauman, Graduate Assistant Conductor Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C-minor, Op. 65 (b. 1833, d. 1897) (1862-1876) I. Un poco sostenuto—Allegro IV. Adagio—Allegro non troppo, ma con brio UCA Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (b. 1875, d. 1937) (1907) II. Malagueña. Assez vif IV. Feria. Assez animé Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 (b. 1844, d. 1908) (1888) Thursday, February 13, 2015 This is your your is This Griffin Concert Hall • University Center for the Arts ALL-STATE ORCHEstRA Wes Kenney, Conductor Noelle Bauman, Graduate Assistant Conductor First Violin Viola Adrián Barrera, Concert Master Joy Holz, Principal Conservatorio de Musica y Artes de Celaya, Celaya, Washburn Rural High School, Topeka , KS Guanajuato, MEX Kyle Caulkins, Assistant Principal JiHye Chung, Assistant Concert Master Mountain Range High School, Westminster, CO North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA Chealsea Bernhardt Hannah Barnes Davenport Central High School, Davenport, IA Niwot High School, Niwot, CO Sarah Chicoine Julia Castellanos Boulder High School, Boulder, CO Summit Senior High School, Summit, NJ Cheryl Hite Nicole Fassold Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains, NJ Chaparral High School, Parker, CO Ben Roth Elizabeth Furuiye Pueblo South High School, Pueblo, CO Alleman High School, Rock Island, IL Emily Liu Feng Hsin Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Cello Lily Lu The First, PaQing, Hei Long Jiang, China Tom Holdener, Principal Ward Melville High School, Setauket, NY Esther So Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins, CO Lydia Hynson, Assistant Principal Homestead High School, Mequon, WI Josh Steinbecker Resurrection Christian School, Loveland, CO Tavon Boaman Graeson Van Anne Silver Creek High School, Longmont, CO Heritage High School, Littleton, CO Julius Hochmuth Poudre High School, Fort Collins, CO Savannah Jaska Windsor High School, Windsor, CO Second Violin MarLee Johnson Elizabeth Lenz, Principal Mountain View High School, Loveland, CO North Valley High School, Reno, NV Shakira Johnson Rachel Huether, Assistant Principal East High School, Denver, CO Absarokee High School, Absarokee, MT Chris Lewis Tyler Adamthwaite Castle View High School, Castle Rock, CO Centaurus High School, Lafayette, CO Abigail Nelson Dmitri Ascarrunz Valor Christian High School, Highlands Ranch, CO Boulder High School, Boulder, CO Jaclyn Rising Anastasia Beeson Centennial High School, Pueblo, CO Kelly Wash High School, Casper, WY Jessie Salas Bailey Bremner South High School, Pueblo, CO Rock Canyon High School, Littleton, CO Emily Stewart Erin Dunn McQueen High School, Reno, NV Reno High School, Reno, NV Lauren Wearsch Katie Gardner Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO Doherty High School, Colorado Springs, CO David Hinson Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX Bass Sara Hoppe Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM Erik Deines, Principal Kadi Horn Legacy High School, Broomfield, CO York International High School, Thornton, CO Zach Bush, Assistant Principal Lydia Oates Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO Coronado High School, Colorado Springs, CO Bass (continued) Horn (continued) Kayley Green Camille Glazer Northwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, NV W.R. Boone High School, Orlando, FL Alexis Messnick Gregory Marxen Wawautosa East High School, Milwaukee-Wauwatosa, WI Mountain Vista High School, Highlands Ranch, CO Andrew Miller Katherine Wagner Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins, CO Windsor High School, Windsor, CO Crystal Pelham Broomfield High School, Broomfield, CO Daniel Probasco Trumpet Thompson Valley High School, Loveland, CO Samantha Ferbuyt, Principal St. Michael-Albertville High School, St. Michael, MN Ian Schmid Flute Poudre High School, Fort Collins, CO Rachelle Crowell, Principal Professor Steven Marx Faith Baptist High School, Longmont, CO Milford High School, Highland, MI Gabriella Bliss Cathedral Catholic High School, San Diego, CA Rylie Kilgore, Piccolo Trombone Conifer High School, Conifer, CO Amber Hodges, Piccolo Kelan Rooney, Principal Longmont High School, Longmont, CO Conifer High School, Conifer, CO Amanda Tatara Mason High School, Mason, MI Blaine Lemanski, Bass Oboe Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins, CO Stephany Rhodes, Principal Coon Rapids High School, Coon Rapids, MN Katie Garrels Tuba Loveland High School, Loveland, CO Angelo Sapienza Madeleine Westbrook, English Horn Lakewood High School, Lakewood, CO James Bowie High School, Austin, TX Harp Clarinet Katie Miksch, Principal Julie Park, Principal Mountain View High School, Loveland, CO Aubum High School, Aubum, AL Carly Swanson Allison Allum Roosevelt High School, Sioux Falls, SD Palmer Ridge High School, Monument, CO Asa Graf, Bass Clarinet Fruita Monument High School, Fruita, CO Celeste Rebecca Conwell Homeschooled, Franktown, CO Bassoon Michelle McCandish, Principal Gateway High School, Aurora, CO Percussion Mikayla Baker Rifle High School, Rifle, CO John Meriwether, Principal Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, TX Kyle Sneded, Contra Bassoon Prairie View High School, Henderson, CO Matt Brown Horizon High School, Thornton, CO Chris Hewitt Exeter Union High School, Exeter, CA Horn Peter Hirschhorn Travis Howell, Principal Arapahoe High School, Centennial, CO Carroll High School, Southlake, TX Anthony Lederhos Rachel Artley, Assistant Principal Conifer High School, Conifer, CO Green Mountain High School, Lakewood, CO Tim Sanchez Brighton High School, Brighton, CO PROGRAM NOTES Symphony No. 1 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Brahms’ First Symphony is considered one of the best symphonic works of its time. Already forty-two at the time of the premiere, the middle-aged composer had finally completed something he deemed worthy for the public to receive. Brahms was always known as a perfectionist and this first symphony took him nearly fourteen years to complete. Part of this perfectionist mentality came from the fact that he always believed that he was walking in the footsteps of arguably the best composer ever, Ludwig van Beethoven. It was because of this that he put off writing symphonies and string quartets for the early part of his life, as these were two genres in which Beethoven excelled. Brahms said, “You haven’t any idea what it is like always to hear such a giant marching behind you.” Yet, while the C Minor Symphony was his first formal work of the genre per se, Brahms had already produced brilliant works in the symphonic medium, including a piano concerto, several serenades, choral works with orchestra, and his Variations on a Theme by Haydn, a fully symphonic work that remains popular today. Symphony No. 1 was well received following its 1876 premiere in Karlsruhe, Germany. It grew to great acclaim, especially after getting the approval of Hans von Bülow, a fellow composer, conductor, and pianist of the time. Bülow called the symphony “Beethoven’s Tenth” and went on to call it the best symphony of the previous half-century. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony had premiered in 1824, fifty-two years earlier. The homage to Beethoven is evident throughout. The most obvious comparisons can be made to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which was written in the same key of C minor. Both composers then ended their symphonies in the relative major key of C major, straying from an expected finale in the tonic key. Following an ominous C minor start, each final movement becomes a triumphant resolution. Though the key may reflect Beethoven’s Fifth, the overall emotion of the last movement harkens Beethoven’s joyful Ninth Symphony. In fact, when one critic mentioned the similarity, Brahms supposedly replied, “Any ass can see that!” By the time the symphony was revealed to the public, German symphonic literature had already taken on a programmatic nature thanks in part to Franz Liszt’s symphonic poems. Twenty years before, Franz Brendel proclaimed a “New German School” of music with Liszt and Wagner at its helm, holding up the ideal of literary and musical association. Brahms, an advocate of absolute music, or music for music’s sake, embraced more traditional forms, placing him as the philosophical opposite of new, trendier composers. As expected, the Symphony in C minor is in four movements, with a typical fast (with slow introduction)-slow-ternary-fast format. And yet, in spite of the traditional form and the nods to Beethoven, the piece is intrinsically Brahmsian. From power of the opening introduction to the coloristic use of oboe, violin and horn in the tender second movement, and the lovely duple dance of the third movement to the heart-fluttering magnificence of the finale, this Symphony in C minor reveals Brahms as a true Romantic master, one who moves the soul through musical means as no other of the time could. ~ Notes by Tom Holdener Rapsodie Espagnole Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Maurice Ravel was a prominent French composer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His compositions represent well the time following the industrial revolution. As demonstrated in Rapsodie Espagnole, his rhythms are intricate and mechanical in nature, but do not take away from a certain harmonic tenderness. Ravel drew inspiration from his Swiss father’s mechanical mind and his Basque mother’s appreciation of Spanish folk traditions. During this time, composers were beginning to research folk songs to incorporate them into their works. One of the main focal points of this research involved rhythm of speech, made possible by the use of the recording